This morning Ahmaad and I loaded up the Moondog Mobile and headed for Kirtland for the 7th Annual Jack Rabbit Run.  This run helps raise money for Families of SMA (Spinal Muscular Atrophy), and had a great turn out.

Usually I hit the run/walk circuit and play the grand marshall role:  Greet people during registration, then start the race then make my way to Waffle House with Ahmaad for waffles (me) and a triple order of Hash Browns (Ahmaad).

But this morning I met Jack, who is the son of Barry and Mary Beth.  Jack was diagnosed with Spinal Muscular Atrophy, which means he can't sit on his own and will never walk.  But Jack isn't letting any of that get him down.  He was an energenic smart kid who was all smiles on this morning.  He was cruising in his power wheelchair making sure everyone was having a great time.  The run was named in his honor.

Jack told me about his favorite players LeBron James and Brady Quinn, and he was even wearing a Quinn jersey given to him by Brady himself.

I realized I was one of the faster people at the event when I beat this cookie in a foot race (and then ate him with a giant glass of milk).  Which got me thinking.....

So while I was preparing to ceremonially kick off the race, I was inspired by Jack and decided I wanted to run in his honor.  My time wasn't much to write home (or a blog) about, so I wont share that. I think I was tired from going all Usain Bolt on Mr. Sugar Cookie, otherwise my time would have been better.

Afterwards I was a little tired, but the waffles never tasted better.

Photos from the Jack Rabbit Run are here.

--Dog